Hermann Reichert (born 7 April 1944) is an Austrian philologist at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

who specializes in

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

Biography

Hermann Reichert was born in

Pernitz Pernitz is a town in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. History The origin of the name ''Pernitz'' is the Slavic word ''perenica'', which refers to a stream on which charcoal is used. The Slavic settleme ...

, Austria, on 7 April 1944. He received his

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Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

at the

in 1971. His dissertation was supervised by

Otto Höfler Otto Eduard Gotfried Ernst Höfler (10 May 1901 – 25 August 1987) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. A student of Rudolf Much, Höfler was Professor and Chair of German Language and Old German Literature at the Univ ...

. He completed his habilitation in Old

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and Nordic philology at the University of Vienna in 1984 under the supervision of

Helmut Birkhan Helmut Birkhan (born 1 February 1938) is an Austrian philologist who is Professor Emeritus of Ancient German Language and Literature and the former Managing Director of the Institute for Germanic Studies at the University of Vienna. Having stud ...

. Until his retirement in 2009, Reichert was associate professor at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna, where he continues to teach and research.

Research

Reicherts research focuses on

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

and

Old Norse literature Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian peoples up to c. 1350. It chiefly consists of Icelandic writings. In Britain From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Vikings and Norse settlers and their descendants colon ...

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are al ...

runology Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics. History Runology was initiated by Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), who was very interested in the lingu ...

and

early Germanic culture Early Germanic culture refers to the culture of the early Germanic peoples. Largely derived from a synthesis of Proto-Indo-European and indigenous Northern European elements, the Germanic culture started to exist in the Jastorf culture that de ...

. He is a known authority on the

Nibelungenlied The ( gmh, Der Nibelunge liet or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poetry, epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition ...

. His 1984 habilitation, ', is considered the standard reference work on Germanic names. Reichert has written a large number of books and articles, and was formerly an editor of '. Reichert wrote many articles for the second edition of the ''

Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them. The first ...

'', of which he was co-editor.

Selected works

* ''Wiedergabe der wulfilanischen Medien und Tenuen im späten Ostgermanischen'', 1971 * ''Nibelungenlied und Nibelungensage'', 1985 * ''Lexikon der Altgermanischen Personennamen'', 1987 * ''Walther von der Vogelweide für Anfänger'', 2009 * ''Heldensage und Rekonstruktion: Untersuchungen zur Thidrekssaga'', 1992 * ''Das Nibelungenlied. Nach der St. Galler Handschrift'', 2005 * ''Konkordanz zum Nibelungenlied nach der St. Galler Handschrift'', 2006 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival für Anfänger'', 2017 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival. Band 1: Text'', 2019 * ''Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival. Band 2: Untersuchungen'', 2019 * ''Nibelungenlied-Lehrwerk'', 2019 * ''Minne. Eine Vorlesung'', 2020

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External links

Hermann Reichert
at the website of the

1944 births Austrian editors Austrian non-fiction writers Austrian philologists Germanists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Living people Old Norse studies scholars People from Wiener Neustadt-Land District University of Vienna alumni Academics of the University of Vienna {{Philologist-stub

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